Chapter 11
New Cases
*John*
Shock runs through my body as I throw my body up into a sitting position. My face is drenched with sweat and I can barely breathe. "Thank God. It was just a dream." I'm right where I fell asleep. Nothing has changed… Except for a note on the coffee table with my name on it. I lean forward and pick it up to read it.
John,
Going out for a couple hours.
Be back later.
-Sam
I look at the time and realize its 9 o'clock. I'm already late for work. Just my luck.
*Later that Day*
I punch into work around 10 hoping that no one will notice, but of course Anna is there waiting for me. "Late night?" she greets me obviously not happy. "You could say that." I walk over to my desk and set my jacket on my chair. "You we're supposed to be hear two hours ago. I was counting on you to work on a new case." "I'll get right on it." I take the file from her hand and sit down. "Just don't let it happen again." She walks away.
Ever since my days in the WSB, Anna has always gone easy on me. Honestly I don't know why but it does help sometimes. As promised I open the case file and begin to look over it. Apparently there was some sort of murder last night in an ally over by the old Brownstone apartments. No traces of DNA or prints were found on the body or the scene. The only real evidence there was is bruises meaning a struggle occurred, marks around the neck implying they were strangled, and finally a broken neck. There is also a detail claiming their throat was supposedly crushed quickly with a tremendous amount of force. It's a good chance that the murderer knew the victim either on an emotional or physical level considering the beating, long and painful strangulation until the point of death when their neck was snapped. Clean murder also may cause concerns for a possible mob hit.
I write a few notes down and try to think. The victim was female, early to mid-twenties, and blonde. Slowly my mind starts to drift off course with thoughts of the dream. I finally got rid of the ring….. So why am I have dreams about it? Why am I having nightmares about Caleb?... "FORGET ABOUT IT JOHN!" I yell in my head. "Forget about everything and just concentrate on your work."
…..So the victim was 5'4. According to these documents her name was Karista Dion. She lives about 2 blocks from where she was murdered and has no known criminal record. Witnesses say she was with 2 of her friends at a party in the Harbor view Apartment complex around 1 AM. She left around 2 then was found around 6 this morning when a woman found her while taking out the trash…
My mind blanks again. Ugh! Why can't I concentrate!?... If I'm going to find anything I'm going to half to scope out the scene myself.